Transportation ticket or other paper



Patented June 1, 1943 TRANSPORTATION TICKET OR OTHER PAPER George C.Wehmann, Jr., New Richmond, Ohio Application August 1, 1941, Serial No.405,051

2. Claims.

This invention relates to a ticket, bill, commercial paper, or the likecomprising at least two sections, generally similar in .form, butprovided with diiTerent data, and in which only one section of the paperat a time is adapted to be removed as a unit of service, transportationor other subject matter to which the paper may appertain, is performedor completed.

An object of the invention is to provide such a paper in which thevarious units of the service or transportation may be lled out on theuppermost or outside section of the paper, while the underlyingremaining sections of the paper are at the same time provided at thetime of the original filling out, and by virtue of the duplicating meansherein provided, with single units of the subject matter involved, eachdiffering from the units on the other underlying sections of the paper.

Another object is to obviate, in tickets and other papers here inquestion, the repetition of data that must be inserted, according topresent practices, on each section of the paper involved.

Another object is to produce commercial papers, tickets and the like inmore convenient and cheaper form.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the present invention as applied to aticket for bus transportation, the ticket being partially opened out toshow various parts.

Fig. 2 is an opened out plan view of the ticket, showing that face onwhich the totality of data is originally inscribed.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the opposite side of thepaper or ticket.

As already intimated, the present invention is not in any way limited tothe particular form of paper disclosed herein but is useful in variousbusinesses and professions in any kind of transaction in which theindividual to whom service is units involved. According to the presentprac- 55 tice, a ticket, of greater or lesser length depending upon thelength of the trip involved, is made out at the issuing oice, it beingnecessary to insert a considerable amount, of data upon each of thesections forming the ticket. As a new unit of the trip is begun, thetraveler presents his ticket and the proper section is torn ofi byY theoperator. The work involved in filling out a ticket of this kind and thetime incident thereto are considerable items which are. obviated bymeans of the present invention.

The latter, brieily, provides for a ticket, preferably formed inparallel folds, each fold being provided with carbon or duplicatingmaterial in predetermined portions on its back or rear face so that,when the topmost of the sections is illed out, each section of theticket will show a dif. ferent unit of the trip, of which the totalityof units` is indicated on the topmost section. The various sections ofthe ticket are, of course, removable and are taken up by the operatorupon presentation by the travelenas each unit of the trip is completedand another begun.

In greater detail and with reference to the drawing:

The ticket may be formed of suitable paper, preferably thin and strongin character, and this paper is folded in parallel sections, as shown inFig. 1, resulting in a top section 5, connected by a scored orperforated line .6, to a second section 1, the latter being connectedalong the line 8 to a third section 9. nected to the section 9 along thescored or perforate line Il. t is obvious that the number of sectionsmaybe greater or less, but the invention will be apparent from thestructure shown. The topmost or outer section 5, as more clearly seen inFig. 2, may have a top extension I2 connected by a score line I3 withthe body of the ticket, the extensions I2 of a number of the ticketsbeing connected together to form a book or the like, and being adaptedto be torn oiT along the perforate line I3. The top section 5 is thatwhich is lled out and retained at the issuing oice and'hence, inaddition to the name of the company, and the Similarly, the section Illis conare placed underneath the heading Via,. The second unit of thetrip is completed at Toledo and the transportation is provided by theline indicated by the letters C & LE. The third and last unit of thetrip terminates at Detroit, the nal destination, and the transportationfor this unit is provided by the bus line indicated by UGL.

It may be explained here that the designatOn Origin Miami, F1a, as seenon the ticket in Fig. 2, indicates that a traveler coming from Miami,Florida, has had his ticket reissued at Cincinnati to provide forremaining units of the journey. It is apparent that whether the ticketis an original or reissued ticket makes no difference so far as theinvention is concerned. Below the indication of origin the finaldestination asY well as the fare are indicated, which data is reproducedand shown on all sections of the ticket. The bottom tab I4 on section 5of the ticket may be printed with suitable instructitons for filling outthe ticket.

With reference now to Fig. 3, the present invention provides for therear face of section 5 having attached thereto or formed thereon a smallcarbon or duplicating area I5 and a large area I6. The area I5, when thesections of the ticket are folded one upon the other, is disposedagainst the small squares I1 (Figs. 1 and 2) in which squares a checkmark is made for indicating whether the ticket is a reissue, a roundtrlp, one-way, etc.

The larger area I 6 on the rear of ticket section 5 is so disposed andof such extent as to reproduce on the face of the underlying ticketsection I only the names of the two cities forming the last unit of thetrip, that is to say, the section 1 of the ticket would carry thetraveler from Toledo to Detroit. The origin Miami and destinationDetroit indicia are again reproduced on this as well as on theunderlying sections of the ticket.

Similarly, the section 'l is provided on the rear with an upper carbonarea I9 corresponding to the top area I5 of the preceding ticket sectionand a lower area for the origin and destination indicia. The centralarea 2|, however, of the carbon material is of such extent and sopositioned as to reproduce on the underlying section 9 of the ticket, asseen in Fig. 2, the unit of the trip from Dayton to Toledo. This section9 of the ticket, in turn, is on its rear face, as shown in Fig. 3,provided with a carbon area 23- of such extent as to reproduce, on theunderlying or last section I0 of the ticket, the unit of travel,Cincinnati to Dayton. It will be seen that the last two sections 9 andIIJ of the'ticket may be of shorter length than the preceding sectionssince they need not contain as much data as the iirst two sections. Thebottoms of sections 1, 9 and I0 of the ticket may be attached to thebody of the respective ticket sections by score line and may be adaptedto be lled in with data forming additional passenger identification -orthe like. One of these tabs is indicated at the bottom of section 9 inFig. 2 where the words Auditors advice appear. These tabs are commonlyknown as hat checks.

It should be observed that the trip-indicating carbon areas on sections5 and 'I are formed with small blank portions 24 (Figs. 2 and 3) so thatthere will be indicated on the underlying ticket section, only that busline which is engaged to perform the service for that unit of the trip.

In use, the top section of the ticket 5, after it has been properly lledout with all the required data, is torn off and retained for record atthe issuing office. The operator of the bus carrying the passenger forthe first unit of the trip removes the section of the ticket designatedfor the iirst unit of the trip which, as here illustrated, is the lastof the fold sections, namely, section I0. After this unit of the trip iscompleted, the operator who carries the passenger for the next unit,tears off section 9, and the third operator at the beginning of the lastunit of the trip takes up the final section of the ticket. The issuingofce thus knows what line is responsible for each unit of the trip andthe various billing and other transactions between the Vcompaniesinvolved is greatly facilitated and expedited, and this in addition tothe various advantages heretofore discussed as pertaining to the meansof this invention.

Various modifications suggest themselves upon consideration of the meansherein disclosed but these are believed to be comprised within the scopeand spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A bus or other transportation ticket comprising a sheet of paperfolded in zig-zag fashion to provide a series of overlying sections, theface of one of the outer sections having appropriately designated spacesfor indicating thereon in progressive succession the units or stages ofa total trip, and areas of duplicating material disposed on the rear ofsaid sections in predetermined relative positions such that each sectionbelow said total-trip section will be inscribed with only one unit ofthe trip, said units being shown on successive sections whereby thelatter may be removed in order, as required, during the progress of atrip, said total-trip section being retained at the issuing point, orthe like.

2. A bus or other transportation ticket comprising a sheet of paperfolded in back-and-forth fashion along parallel tear lines to provide aseries of overlying sections, the face of one of the outer sectionshaving appropriately designated spaces for indicating thereon inprogressive succession the units or stages of a total trip, and areas ofduplicating material disposed on the rear of said sections inpredetermined relative positions such that each section below saidtotaltrip section will be inscribed with only one unit of the trip, saidunits being shown on successive sections whereby the latter may beremoved in order, as required, during the progress of a trip,

said total-trip section being retained at the issu-

